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Complete Results
FAIRBANKS, AK - The Alaska Nanook cross country team experienced déjà vu Saturday morning as juniors
Heather Edic and
Tyler Kornfield were the top runners for the blue and gold for the second consecutive race and the women's team captured the team title with five top-10 finishers.
Alaska's women combined for 29 points, while Seattle Pacific and Montana State Billings got 43 and 57 team points, respectively.
Edic finished third overall in the four kilometer race behind SPU's repeat champion Natty Plunkett and her teammate Heidi Laabs-Johnson in 15 minutes and 21.9 seconds. Seniors Theresia Schurr (15:22.6) and
Crystal Pitney (15:22.9) were next to cross the tape for Alaska just three tenths of a second apart.
Alaska junior Raphaela Seiber finished eighth in 15:55.2 and rookie
Kryston McPhetres was ninth with a course time of 16:07.6. Also representing the Nanooks in the day's event were
Alyson McPhetres (16:23.9),
Jana Benedix (16:59.9), Heidi O'Conner-Brook (17:05.5),
Marit Rjabov (17:16.6) and Megan Thmpson (19:26.2).
On the men's side, MSUB used a two-point advantage over Alaska (49-51) to take second in the team standings, while SPU ran away with the title with just 23 points.
Kornfield narrowly edged SPU's Will Harrison at the finish line to take fourth in 13:07.2. Winning the men's 4K was MSUB's Brian Potter (12:49.4), who was followed by SPU's Alex Horton (12:58.9) and Jacob Wahlenmaier (13:00.5).
Sophomore
Andrew Arnold was the next best finisher for the Nanooks, taking 10th in 13:31.0. He was followed closely by teammates
Tux Seims (13:32.3) and Jonas Löffler (13:38.3).
Also finishing the race for Alaska were
Ludwig Schott, Erik Söderström,
Nolin Ainsworth,
Stefan Hajdukovich,
Kenneth Brewer,
Wyatt Mayo and
Ian Wilkinson.
The Nanooks return to the trail next Saturday when they host an alumni race for the Ester Dome 5K. The race is set for a 10 a.m. start time.
